The Carmelite nuns represent a significant and unique branch of the Roman Catholic Church, dedicated to a cloistered life of prayer and contemplation. This contemplative order has a rich history that ...

Father John Reginald McSweeney, OCD, died on June 2, 2010, in Napa. He was born to Peter McSweeney and Nora Maynihan on March 7, 1926, in Ballymakeera, County Cork, Ireland. Father McSweeney entered ...